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Run GUI applications and desktops in docker and podman containers. Focus on security.

13 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 4 stories, 9 comments · first 2018-10-30 · latest 2026-01-23

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    Run GUI applications and desktops in Docker and Podman containers
    story by modinfo · 2026-01-23 · 0 comments
  2. Curious that there's no comparison to https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker , which I would describe as the incumbent in this space.
    comment by yjftsjthsd-h · 2025-02-27 · in How to run GUI applications directly in containers
  3. …it during startup (like most likely your host Xorg), you can use socat to provide TCP/IP access. https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/wiki/How-to-access-X-o... This makes me think that socat is exactly what you need to make it work with…
    comment by tverbeure · 2023-12-27 · in Remote controlling an HP 1670G logic analyzer with a Linux PC X server
  4. …3: https://spectrum-os.org/design.html 4: https://alyssa.is/using-virtio-wl/ 5: https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker 6: https://katacontainers.io 7: https://github.com/microsoft/wslg 8: https://xdc2020.x.org/event/9/contributions/611/att
    comment by easygenes · 2021-10-11 · in Harden and secure browsers in containers, with GUI
  5. The wiki of x11docker describes some short setups without x11docker, too: https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/wiki/Short-setups-to-p...
    comment by mviereck · 2021-09-06 · in Run GUI applications and desktops in Docker
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    Run GUI applications and desktops in Docker
    story by majkinetor · 2021-09-05 · 18 comments
  7. I've been looking for something like this. So far I've looked into x11docker ( https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker ) and dx11 ( https://gitlab.com/brickpop/dx11-nim#dx11 ) but dx11 looks unmaintained and the whole solution feels…
    comment by dizie · 2020-12-28 · in Ask HW: Qubes OS alternative on LXD containers
  8. …seem this project is at a dead end based on the recent development activity in recent months. [0] https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/
    comment by dastx · 2020-12-25 · in Subuser: Docker as Desktop Programs
  9. …for various applications: https://github.com/jessfraz/dockerfiles x11docker provides tooling: https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker
    comment by Legogris · 2020-01-10 · in Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 72.0.1 and ESR 68.4.1
  10. …to be a little better than "just" docker - but I'd probably still go with firejail or qubes os: https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/blob/master/README.md
    comment by e12e · 2019-11-10 · in We are making Sandboxie a free tool, with plans to transition it to open source
  11. I use x11docker to run a recent firefox on Guix for now. https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker
    comment by dannyobrien · 2019-10-09 · in Guix Reduces Bootstrap Seed by Half
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    X11docker
    story by p4bl0 · 2019-03-17 · 0 comments
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    X11 Docker: Run GUI applications and desktops in docker. Focus on security
    story by setra · 2018-10-30 · 0 comments